Caretakers have forcibly taken over companies belonging to Kaynak Holding due to alleged ties with the U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gülen, a former government ally now considered the head of the “Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ).”

Turkey has entirely dropped a tentative agreement to purchase a $3.4 billion long-range missile defense system from a Chinese company, ending a two-year saga over the deal, which had worried NATO allies

European Union leaders will roll out the red carpet for Turkey’s newly re-elected President Recep Tayip Erdoğan at a summit about how to help the country stop the flow of Syrian refugees from its borders into the EU.

The terrorist attack in France that killed at least 128 has also shaken the G-20 Summit to be held in Turkey with expectations that the agenda of the richest nations will turn into the fight against ISIL. By Serkan Demirtaş